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Where are the drought tolerant crops? An assessment of more than two decades of plant biotechnology effort in crop improvement.
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology - 1 Aug 2018
Nuccio Michael L, Paul Matthew, Bate Nicholas J, Cohn Jonathan, Cutler Sean R
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Since the dawn of modern biotechnology public and private enterprise have pursued the development of a new breed of drought tolerant crop products. After more than 20 years of research and investment only a few such products have reached the market. This is due to several technical and market constraints. The technical challenges include the difficulty in defining tractable single-gene trait development...
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